Coming Soon: The Mustang Athletic Center or “The MAC”
Written by Hannah Zenas Photography by Molly Christian For a long time, students from Mount Vernon have been hearing about the upcoming construction of a new athletic center…and now the time has finally come! The construction of the Mustang Athletic Center, or M.A.C, is finally underway, and oh how it will impact all athletes and...
Real World Problem Solving A Key Component of Upper School Instruction
Addressing questions that elicit high order thinking skills, developing metacognitive strategies, and assuming authentic roles they are likely to assume in their future careers are increasingly what Upper School students encounter as a part of their weekly coursework. While many North Americans watched bowl games, Upper School teachers spent the first days of 2012 at...
Reckoning Shakespeare With Song: Hamlet The Musical
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE HERE Written by Clark Taylor, GISA’s 2011-2012 Director of the Year WHAT A PIECE OF WORK! We have published a few behind the scenes photos of the Allstars’ latest theatrical process, an original adaptation of William Shakespeare’s greatest, Hamlet. Captured are images of toe tapping songs, cleverly penned lyrics and asides, topped off with a...
Families Invited To Campus This Week For Upper School Curriculum Nights (Jan 18 & 19)
Photo by Sarah Buck Families of rising ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, We invite you to join us this week in the Glenn Campus Media Center for Mount Vernon’s Upper School Curriculum Night. Administrators, faculty, and staff will share important information regarding next year’s coursework, curriculum changes, enrollment procedures, honors and AP offerings, as well as arts...
Photography Contest Now Open
Mount Vernon’s first ever photography contest! - – - This contest is for Mount Vernon’s high school students, faculty, and staff. You do not have to be in a photography class to participate in this competition. The school handbook applies to this contest. You will be disqualified if there is any vulgar, violence, or nudity...
MVPS All Stars To Perform Scapin This Thurs & Fri @ 7pm in Media Center
Reserve your tickets here. Coming off of a 3rd place victory at GISA’s One Act Play competition last week, Clark Taylor, named GISA Director of the Year for 2011-2012, and his All Stars Troupe will be performing at Mount Vernon. Students Braden Gomer and Joseph Martin garnered attention as All Star Cast Members at the...
Mac vs PC
Written by Sierra Middleton, freshman Photography by Sarah Buck, junior A clash of computers has begun. The students of Mount Vernon Presbyterian School have begun a war of technology. Will it ever end? Ever since the first day of school, students have had a great time joking with their friends about having a “better” computer than...
Senior Interviews!
“What are you looking forward to most about your senior year?” is the question that was asked of all the Mount Vernon Seniors. This is the first of a 3 part video project featuring 8 of the Mount Vernon Seniors – Video produced by Andrew Dobbins.
